Last week, I just received one result amongst my three subjects. I felt surprised to see the subject I considered the most difficult one to get a good grade on from the professor. It’s recalled that I used to mention this subject with you in our previous conversation. For sure, I was talking about international business transactions. While I was doing my final exam, it was not going well due to the tricky questions. However, I had reviewed the lessons carefully and tried to understand the concept and its meaning. As a result, I hoped I would still get a better result. The result appeared in my university email with an A for this subject, which made me excited. In terms of earning a good grade, I also realized that I better understand the negotiation styles when it comes to leading businesses or any entities. Additionally, it allowed me to perform well in my interpersonal communication skills.
While waiting for another two subjects’ results, I am now starting my new terms at PUC (my university) as well. I am taking international law, personal growth, and an introduction to economics. Back to my two subjects last term, I wish I could obtain satisfied outcomes, as I have fulfilled my responsibilities and completed all assignments from my professors. I am confident that the results are not going to be worse. Instead, it should meet my expectations as well. In my new terms, I meet two new professors who I had never experienced before. Anyway, I will first learn more about the characteristics of both professors and what attracts his attention to be qualified as his target for a good grade. Honestly, I am not quite sure what the results at the end look like, but I commit to doing my best with my effort.
Oh, I also have another English class with the TDSO, which stands for Teacher Development Support Organization. It’s a communication-based class that is taught by a professional teacher from that organization. I really enjoy the class for some reasons. First, it’s a very active class. It means that we don’t just sit and listen to teachers’ instructions; instead, we do the work. We play roles; we do the presentations and organize the work and the teacher just facilitates the class, however. Next, it allows me to show my confidence by standing in front of my classmates and sharing my understanding with them. I feel the class is just a short time, even though it takes one hour and a half to get trained to keep our body and senses active. Last but not least, I would say that this class is what I am curious to engage in to fulfill my needs for self-development.
Rotation Day is the big event for Cambodia Rural Students Trust (CRST) students here. We celebrated the big event at a hotel in Siem Reap. I was also the MC with Pin, who is our CRST student. We invited our special guests, Aviv, Michelle, Jess, and other guests from Australia and Phnom Penh as well. It’s a great honor to be promoted to be an assistant NGO manager again in the new year. I have been an assistant NGO manager for a year now and I will continue to hold on to it until next year. I appreciate the Palti family for always trusting me and believing in my leadership. Of course, I am the learner, so I participate in leading the organization, and I also learn from the work and surrounding people. Furthermore, I still play the roles of senior leadership team, coordinate some main departments, and be the manager of project T-trees for life. Through these positions, I am optimistic about management for the upcoming year to lead this amazing organization. At the end of the event, I was invited to deliver the speech with two new assistant NGO managers. I was glad to share my journey since I joined CRST and the ways I organize my goals, step by step.
I also participated in repairing bicycles for the students in the rural area. It’s located around 25 miles from Siem Reap, and it took 30 minutes to get there. When I arrived there, I saw many students waiting for us to repair their bicycles. I also got the sharing from the school principle regarding the background of that school. It’s just the new school and the land was also donated by the landlords there to have more space to build this school. There are many groups getting ready to repair those old and broken bicycles. I was the group leader with around 5 members. From morning until evening, we spent our time together repairing the bicycles. On that day, 83 bicycles were repaired with assistance from our team in just one day.
There were many guests who wanted to visit our Rotaract Club in Siem Reap. Recently, there were guests who wanted to see what we were doing with young people in our club. For instance, a Rotary Club from Honolulu visited us to learn from our projects. In return, I also learned from their club. Mostly, I saw that they are passionate about helping society together to have a greater impact on society. At some clubs, we share the same vision, so we are curious to collaborate with them if possible whenever we have social activities. In addition, they are always impressed with our work here due to the new club, but we have experience leading many social project activities. After meeting us, they always inform us that they will share our club with other clubs, especially inviting more Rotaractors and Rotarains to participate in our club.
I would like to share with you some photos from what has been shared above. I hope you enjoy them. All the best to you and your club. 🤩🥳😊
Best regards,
Tangly
Tangly Ton
President, Rotaract Club of Siem Reap
